in a number of countries,some people think it is necessary to spend large sums of money on constructing new railway lines for very fast trains between cities.Other believe the money should be spent on improving existing public transport.
Public transports were always one of the hottest subjects of debates.
People
are divided in their opinion regarding whether to invest a huge amount of money
on fast railway lines
to connect cities
, or to spend this
money
on ameliorating the existing public transport
. I do believe that money
should be invested in the intracity public transport
in lieu of intercities novel high-speed railway construction.
According to people
who advocate for building new fast-paced railways lines
to connect cities
, so many people
work and live in different cities
and have to spend long hours of commute to and from work. By building a fast train
, we can make their life easier. On top of that, they are aiming for a new system that is
flowless with better an up to date technology claiming that the old railways are usually not well maintained and can stop working anytime. As a result
, it is necessary to invest this
money
to improve cross cities
transport
.
However
, it is very expensive to start building new fast train
lines
. For instance
, has been estimated that over 5 billion dollars are needed to build new fast lines
to connect North to South BC. This
money
can be spent on other parts like health care, social services, and to buy new buses. Besides
, it takes years to build new lines
due to unforeseen problems. Sometimes the problem can not be fixed and the project has to stop. For ,instance the project for a new fast train
connecting Banff to Kamloops was stopped due to a big hole between two parts and experts could not find a solution on how to fix the problem. Therefore
, big projects like building new inter-city connecting lines
are time and money
consuming and it is better to invest in what is already in place and improve it.
As for me, I do believe that the number of people
using in-city transport
exceeds the number of those who travel in between cities
. Consequently
, it makes more sense to invest in our current public transport
rather than starting a new project. It can be seen that, after years of using old buses, skytrains and seabus in Vancouver for example
, we can easily replace them with the new ones. In fact, this
minor change can happen quickly and help thousands of commuters. Thus
, fixing public transport
can help more people
and is faster to implement it.
To conclude, while some might disagree with me and believe that putting money
into a new fast lane train
that connects cities
would be of greater importance than spending money
to improve public transport
, I strongly believe the opposite is more practical, cheaper, and will help more commuters.Submitted by armiario139 on
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Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic
IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.
Answer structure for the type of essay
- Introduction
- Body paragraph 1 – advantages
- Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
- Conclusion
Examples to start your body paragraph:
- The main advantage is...
- The disadvantage of this...
- The main benefit...
- Despite these advantages...
- One possible drawback...